Ephippus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἔφιππος (Éphippos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eˈpʰip.pus/, [ɛˈpʰɪpːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈfip.pus/, [eˈfipːus]

Proper noun

Ephippus m sg (genitive Ephippī); second declension

1. A Greek historian of Alexander the Great, born in Olynthus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ephippus
Genitive	Ephippī
Dative	Ephippō
Accusative	Ephippum
Ablative	Ephippō
Vocative	Ephippe

Descendants

• → French: Éphippe

References

• Ephippus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Ephippus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray